by perfectlittlebites | Dec 17, 2014 | Alcohol, Baking, beer, Charcuterie, Cooking, Dessert, Food, meat, Photography, pork, starchefs, washingtondc
I had the pleasure of attending last night’s StarChefs Rising Stars Gala recognizing some of the best chefs and artisans in the Washington DC area. If you weren’t there, you really missed out. Thank you to Antoinette, Will and the StarChefs team for...
by perfectlittlebites | Dec 12, 2014 | Assorted, Baking, chef, creativity, culinary, Dessert, Food, Photography, ramen, rice, vegetarian
I have been working on a coconut bulgur pudding for longer than I’d like to admit. I wanted something similar to a rice pudding, but I liked the idea of having a little nuttiness and chew to it, so I focused my attention on bulgur. I did a post on this recipe...
by perfectlittlebites | Dec 2, 2014 | Assorted, Baking, cook, Cooking, culinary, Dessert, Food, Ice cream, Photography, Recipe, restaurant, vegetarian
Banana Cream Pie Semifreddo with Malted Gingersnap Crumble, Maple/Bulleit Bananas & Boozy Cherries Sometimes you make a banana cream pie, and it’s delicious. Other times, it doesn’t work out. I’m not sure what happened because one of my cooks...
by perfectlittlebites | Dec 1, 2014 | Baking, Cooking, culinary, Dessert, Food, fruit, Jewish, Photography, restaurant, sweet, vegetarian
It’s been a while since I had noodle kugel, and decided I’d make a small one. I was first exposed to it through a Jewish roommate in college, and he shared his grandmother’s recipe with me. What I failed to notice until today was that like many...
by perfectlittlebites | Nov 30, 2014 | Alcohol, Assorted, Baking, chef, Cooking, Dessert, Food, health, Ice cream, Photography, Recipe, vegetarian
Sometimes it’s as easy as looking at the leftovers in your fridge. I had some dulce de leche from making pie, and an open bottle of blood orange ale from making beer cocktails. It was that easy. Knowing that I had a carton of vanilla ice cream/orange sherbet...
by perfectlittlebites | Nov 26, 2014 | Baking, cook, culinary, Dessert, Photography, pie, thanksgiving, vegetarian
Sometimes you find one recipe you like. Sometimes you find three. I always make a pumpkin pie for thanksgiving, and this year I was looking for something a little different. First, I found a recipe for Maple Pumpkin Brulee Pie by Saveur, and was sure I was going to...
